The Girls Of Reddit's 'Gone Wild' Explain Why They Post Nudes

Trending News: Meet The Girls Who Want You To See Them Nude On Reddit

Why Is This Important?

Because all guys want n00dz, and these girls want you to have them.

Long Story Short

In an interview with upvoted, a poster on the subreddit “Gone Wild” dishes about why she chooses to post nude images. She gets validation and a sense of empowerment, and in return visitors to the subreddit get free, homespun T ‘n A.

Long Story

The amateur porn market is huge, and it’s not hard to see why. There’s something innately arousing about the idea of the girl next door offering up nude photos not for money, but solely for titillation. Most amateur porn is at best contrived (professionals pretending to be amateurs), and at worst vile — “revenge porn” where people’s nude photos are published without their consent. If you want to view nude amateurs with a clear conscience, however, there’s a place you should know about: Welcome to r/gonewild (very NSFW), perhaps the greatest destination on the internet.

Upvoted caught up with Amber Martin, aka u/Yassdaddy, one of the few women who post nudes that include her face (most women crop that out, for obvious reasons). She says she doesn’t see the point in hiding who she is, and that her unique tattoos would make her easily identifiable anyway. But why post nudes for the world to see in the first place?

“Part of it is just for fun. Part of it is just for the self-esteem boost that comes with it. I model and stuff. I have a YouTube channel. It’s great exposure. I booked a couple of modeling jobs through Reddit. That’s pretty cool. I kind of want to be, like, internet famous,” she told upvoted.

The idea of women sexualizing themselves as a means of getting attention is not a new one, but the difference is that women like Martin are very transparent about their motives, and (most importantly) in complete control over who sees what. Others, like Martin, want a little pick-me-up. Others get off on the thrill of exhibitionism. Others still like the idea of people getting off on their pictures. Whatever the reason, Gone Wild provides a safe space.

The flagship Gone Wild thread may be the most popular, but there are GW subreddits for every taste and predilection. There’s a sub for curvy girls, petite girls, Asians, latinas, “alt” girls and even “nerdy” girls. There’s even a “Gone Mild” sub for girls who want to get out there but don’t want to show off all the goods. It should be noted, too, that men aren’t excluded from posting to Gone Wild — you could be uploading some choice shots of your butt or dangly bits right now, if you wanted.

Martin says that the community has been overwhelmingly supportive of her, hence her continued desire to post. She, like many of the posters, interacts with the community in comments and private messages and says that trolls/creeps are relatively rare. The worst guy, she says, closed a message to her with “OHHHH M’LADY I NEED YER COONT!!!”, which I think I’m going to use as my email signature from now on.

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Ask The Big Question

Does the voluntary nature of this kind of thing make it less exploitative than other porn?

Disrupt Your Feed

With my luck, I’d go on here and find out one of the girls was my sister, or something.

Drop This Fact

Gonewild is the 56th most-subscribed sub on the site, and by far the most popular NSFW subreddit.